Cavaliers

Standing pat at the NBA trade deadline is working out pretty well for the Cleveland Cavaliers. They are going to land Deron Williams, who has parted ways with the Dallas Mavericks, and now they’re the favorites to sign Andrew Bogut, provided he reaches a buyout agreement with the Philadelphia 76ers. From ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon and [...]

NBA trade deadline day came and went Thursday with little intrigue and almost none of the players who were most rumored of actually being dealt across the league were. The biggest name to switch teams was former Philadelphia 76ers young big man and now the newest Maverick Nerlens Noel. There is one interesting result of [...]

Larry Sanders’ latest go at an NBA comeback is leading him to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Though the 6’11” big man hasn’t played in a game since December 2014, he’s had something of a workout tour over the last few weeks. His next stop is Cleveland, which is his preferred destination, according to Amico Hoops’ Sam Amico: The [...]

LeBron James wanted the Cleveland Cavaliers to land another playmaker, and they gave him Derrick Williams, who isn’t really a playmaker. Next up: More Derrick Williams, who still isn’t really a playmaker, but is expected to stick with the Cavaliers for the rest of this season, per Cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon: They are going to sign [...]

As the 2016-17 season winds down more teams are agreeing to jersey sponsorship deals with companies. Next season will be the first year in which these sponsorship can be active. Thus far three NBA teams had agreed to jersey sponsorship deals for the 2017-18 season, The 76ers with StubHub, the Kings with Blue Diamond Almonds [...]

Fans of NBA trade-deadline chaos were treated to renewed hope on the Carmelo Anthony-for-Kevin Love front late Tuesday. But it was short-lived, because the Cleveland Cavaliers are both sensible and hate fun. First, Frank Isola of the New York Daily News reported that LeBron James wanted the Cavaliers to deal for Anthony, who owns a no-trade [...]

According to a story from Kurt Badenhausen on Forbes from last week, the Cavaliers were $40 million in the red for the 2015-16 season, a season in which they won the NBA title. Here is an excerpt from the story: Gilbert’s massive commitment to spend whatever’s necessary to win a title led to a loss [...]

And the winner of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ search for another playmaker to appease LeBron James is…we don’t know. Not yet anyway. But it looks like it’s going to be Jordan Farmar. From ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: A leader has emerged from the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ free-agent minicamp Wednesday in the luxury-tax-laden team’s search for an additional playmaker: [...]

The New York Knicks still want Kevin Love. The Cleveland Cavaliers, apparently, want Carmelo Anthony. Will the two sides make a deal? Nah. From ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne and Marc Stein: The New York Knicks continue to pursue Kevin Love in advance of the Feb. 23 trade deadline despite the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ unwillingness to part with [...]

LeBron James must really want the Cleveland Cavaliers to land a point guard. Because the team is apparently interested in trading for 32-year-old Deron Williams, according to USA Today‘s Sam Amick: The Cavs could take the trade route too, of course, and they are known to have inquired about the Dallas Mavericks’ Deron Williams. The 32-year-old, three-time [...]